Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

  • sylverstream@lemmy.nz
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    10 months ago

    Thanks. Yeah I don't want any cloud based stuff, especially not from Amazon as I'm afraid they will shut down Alexa if they keep losing money on it.

    Guess I'll wait for now. Thanks.

    • eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz
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      10 months ago

      Understandable. I feel like there must be something out there that works as a replacement, I just haven’t looked very deeply into it.

      • sylverstream@lemmy.nz
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        10 months ago

        I saw ESPMuse, which is an ESP32 based speaker, but has terrible reviews.

        I just checked TM, CC Audio is sold for $200 there. Crazy. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/electronics-photography/media-streaming/chromecast/listing/4278960673

      • sylverstream@lemmy.nz
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        10 months ago

        This is an ESP32 solution: https://www.instructables.com/MQTT-Audio-Notifier-for-ESP8266-Play-MP3-TTS-RTTL/

      • sylverstream@lemmy.nz
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        10 months ago

        Sorry one more post :) I just found this one on Aliexpress which seems promising. Works via a dedicated app but it seems compatible with HA. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003331228026.html

        Could be an affordable alternative.